NGC1087 & Galaxies

NGC 1087 is a small spiral galaxy about 1 degree away from M 77. The small yellow rectangle at the end of the red arrow shows the approximate field of view of the CCD image. The image captures about 10 of the dim galaxies. The Megastar screen capture shows a large open circle, which represents a galaxy cluster containing 83 galaxies. Unfortunately they were beyond the reach of my 8" and Washington DC light pollution.

Click here for larger image	Scope: 8" LX 200 SCT
	MX-5C CCD & STAR 2000
	Focal Ratio: f3.3
	Exposure: 50 min

	Megastar Screen Capture. Most of the faint blue galaxies are captured in the MX-5C image.


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NGC 1087 & Galaxies
NGC 1087 is a small spiral galaxy about 1 degree away from M 77. The small yellow rectangle at the end of the red arrow shows the approximate field of view of the CCD image. The image captures about 10 of the dim galaxies. The Megastar screen capture shows a large open circle, which represents a galaxy cluster containing 83 galaxies. Unfortunately they were beyond the reach of my 8" and Washington DC light pollution.
	Constellation: Cetus Size: 3.7 x 2.2 arcmin Magnitude: 11.5 RA: 02h 46m 24.9s Dec: -00d 29m 46s